Wmi Query To Check Os Version
Astryd Boschee
Method 2: Connect to the server by using Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio. After Object Explorer is connected, it will show the version information in parentheses, together with the user name that is used to connect to the specific instance of SQL Server.
Method 3: Look at the first few lines of the Errorlog file for that instance. By default, the error log is located at Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.n\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG and ERRORLOG.n files. The entries may resemble the following:
As you can see, this entry gives all the necessary information about the product, such as version, product level, 64-bit versus 32-bit, the edition of SQL Server, and the OS version on which SQL Server is running.
This uses SQLCMD (comes with SQL Server) to connect to the local server instance using Windows auth, throw an error if a version check fails and return the @@ERROR as the command line ERRORLEVEL if >= 16 (and the second line goes to the :ExitFail label if the aforementioned ERRORLEVEL is >= 1).
While SQL 2008+ supports the ProductMajorVersion & ProductMinorVersion properties, ProductVersion has been around since 2000 (remembering that if a property is not supported the function returns NULL).
Note: If FileCabinet CS is reporting that you are using SQL Express, but you believe that the instance is using a full version of SQL, you can open the instance in SQL Management Studio, and enter the following query to determine what edition is being reported by SQL: sqlcmd -Sservername -q"select SERVERPROPERTY('edition')".
For the most part these are proprietary and no guarantees they will always work or report what you think they might represent. Even then, I suspect for most software the above are probably a mixture of versions down to the build number, component versions, product marketing versions, suite versions etc.
Of course, I knew this would be the case as it's the same source as displayed in Programs and Features (appwiz.cpl). There is also no broken down separate major, minor, build values for this product which you sometimes get. Likewise, the "Programs" table of osquery is only going to give us the same simple version string. I.e.:
So this will do, but then this only works if the software is running as we're getting the path to the exe from the "processes" table before then using the "file" table to get the version info. I could perhaps go straight to the "file" table but I might be guessing where it is or using lots of IN or OR statements so this is one option.
Then there is the additional concerns regarding modules actually in use? Just because an application has updated and probably updated the 'uninstall' key values with the latest version number; although it perhaps doesn't help here as we have seen, is the new software running or has it been deferred to reboot or the requires the process to restart?
The Zoom Outlook plugin, for example, loads at least 6 modules in Outlook.exe on my computer as of now. If I need to be sure that Outlook is running with the latest version of say ZoomOutlookPlugin.DLL, how might I be able to do that? Maybe the following could answer that:
Maybe this sort of brain dump is helpful for someone, it probably raises more questions than answers but it shows how even a simple question about the version of software can get very nuanced and having a tool that's flexible may help. Maybe in the future Zoom will update the DisplayVersion registry key to better reflect the installed version.
Regards,
Jak
When writing a fixlet for installing an application, it will be applicable only if the relevance is true, thus use a negative during the version check. Also the above code combines the existence and the version check. It is also checking for only versions lower than a specified version, so if you are testing a newer version, this fixlet will still not show that it is relevant.
The way I wrote it, it will install if the file does not exist or if the version number is lower than what the fixlet specifies. I then typically target the task to a group or specific computer that I want the application installed on.
I know that Splunk regularly checks for Splunk Enterprise and app updates. There is the "New (maintenance) version available. Check here for details" message as well as app update information under "Manage Apps".
I did some quick investigations into this, and it would appear that the Splunk server itself doesn't actually talk to Splunk servers to find out if a new version is available. You can see this mentioned on this page:
I expect there is a unique URL for every version that has ever been deployed, but this URL should still work for a long time and tell you what the latest version of Splunk is. Just get the REST moluar input or some other app to query this URL periodically.
Hello Chris,
Thank you for your answer!
Interesting. I will see if I can find any documentation on this quickdraw.splunk.com URL.
A REST modular input sounds like a good idea. Or perhaps a custom search command.
Also, verifying the version is important for connecting with systems outside the database. Different versions may have different requirements or limitations. Knowing the version helps IT teams prevent disruptions or conflicts.
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As Topsitemakers suggested looking in the system table I had a look and found the version was hidden in there, but only against specific modules. I figured the field module would be in all version of drupal, however I very highly doubt that this query will actually work on any version other that 7 as it's so specific and a bit of a beast:
This will get something like "7002" or some number starting with a 7 for Drupal 7 and "6005" or something starting with 6 for Drupal 6.It's not the exact running version but if you just have a database dump you can figure out from where it comes from.
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